Memories of precious quality time that a girl spent with her loving grandpa. He taught her to live life simply and keep a happy song in her heart! He always had time for her, and proved to be her best friend!
Every summer Emma spends a month in the country with Grandpa. Emma enjoys her grandpa and the big tree that lives on his farm. She plays under it, swings from its branches, and climbs up high. One day the tree is struck by lightning and is badly damaged. Emma is heartbroken. Will she ever be able to play in her tree again? Together, she and Grandpa find a way to save the best part of the tree. Robert Wurzburg's evocative illustrations beautifully portray the compelling relationship that exists between Emma and her grandpa.
Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter is inviting his best friend over to play in this classic, funny, and heartwarming book. Whether these buddies are climbing trees, playing basketball, or riding bikes, both parents and children alike will relate to this beloved story. A perfect way to teach children about being a good friend!
Presents the different ways grandfathers show their grandchildren love, from putting extra marshmallows in hot chocolate to sending cards and telling stories.
Johnny Eagle, an Apache Indian and Charley a white boy, become best of friends at the age of eight. They survive the” Great Depression,” extreme prejudice because Johnny is an Indian, intimidation by an infl uential lawyer and his crooked sheriff, because they witness a murder that involved the lawyer. The boys and their families are threatened with harm if they mention to anyone what they have seen. Charley moves to California at the age of thirteen. Years later they meet again when Charley now in the military recruits Johnny for the military intelligence. Johnny becomes famous with other agents because of his skills. Disappointed in the people our government put in charge to replace the corrupt people we overthrew, both men leave the military in 1955. Charley marries and raises a fine family. Johnny returns to the mountains he loves and becomes almost a legend to the mountain people he helps.
My grandpa is my best friend, and he is great in every way!” Malik’s Nana overheard the boys singing: ‘Grandpa is my favorite guy.’ She asked the boys why they made up that song. Tony told Malik’s Nana that he was planning a surprise birthday party for his grandpa. Malik’s Nana explained that planning a birthday party was a big project and Tony cannot do it alone. He would need help to make the party successful. She asked Tony on what date his grandfather was born. Tony said that his grandpa was born on June 19th; the same date that slaves were freed in America. Malik’s Nana said, “President Abraham Lincoln called on the Union Army to liberate the slaves. On June 19, 1865, the Union Army General Gordon Granger declared the freedom of slaves in Texas. Since then, every year on June 19, the ‘Freedom Day’ is celebrated throughout the United States.” Edward E. Meredith was the first police officer of color to work in the Newton Police Department. Edward worked hard to be appointed to the Newton Police Department in Newton, Massachusetts. His Baby Gadsden Meredith filed a lawsuit against the Postal Services in approximately 1979 and won his lawsuit in 1986. On August 30th, he was appointed to the Winchester Massachusetts Postal Service. Their Nephew Keith Meredith carries his uncles legacy as an Union Repersentive fighting for the rights of Mail Carriers.
This baptismal study guide will prepare children ages 8-10 for a wonderful walk with Jesus. it offers lessons with activities that parents and children can enjoy together as a bonding experience. The activities include not only fill-in-the-blank but also word games, Bible crosswords, and even a maze.
There’s a certain kind of lost a boy feels in this world without a father. Tim felt it. I felt it. And we realized our only way out would be together. In an openhearted memoir of faith on the fringe, Roger Thompson meditates on the life and premature death of his best friend and business partner, Tim Garrety, cofounder of Skate Street Ventura. Roger and Tim’s twenty-year friendship was forged in the surf and on the streets of 1980s California. Together they hazarded countless waves and every rite of passage—from guitars to girls to God—and influenced the lives of thousands of skateboarders, musicians, surfers, and otherwise disconnected youth in the process. With unrestrained honesty and a punk-rock soundtrack, My Best Friend’s Funeral is a memoir of friendship, doubt, surfing, and the complex relationships between fathers and sons. If life has ever left you feeling abandoned—or if you simply prefer a rock show to a sermon—My Best Friend’s Funeral is a memoir you won’t want to miss, and a confirmation that you are never alone.
Generations have fallen in love with this classic story of a grandson and grandfather whose visit to a family farm with a special tractor brings back memories. Don't miss the new companion title Grandma's Farm — now available! Grandpa Joe takes his grandson Timmy back to the site of his family’s farm, where the old house and a ramshackle barn still stand. The visit stirs up memories for Grandpa Joe—in particular, the majesty of his own father's shiny red tractor, now rusting in the forgotten fields. An ideal gift, this picture book evokes nostalgia while demonstrating a special bond between a grandparent and grandchild.
While two seventh-grade students research a report on the brain’s functions, dimwitted Sal falls under the telepathic control of a virtual brain, which gives him super-genius powers to command other people and implement the brain’s plans of world domination. Once the town of Galena, Illinois is under the brain’s rule, Sal’s best friend, the manipulative Jake, bravely struggles to defeat the evil brain and its legion of brain-zombies in a series of funny and strange situations. Find out if Jake can outsmart the biggest brain on the planet in award-winning writer J Louis Messina’s B-sci-fi tale THE BRAIN THAT ATE MY BEST FRIEND’S MIND.